Based on this season's performance, Clayton Kershaw did not merit All-Star selection. What was that about the law of karma?
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Why does the L.A. media put such a premium on All-Star "nods"? Half of the invitees are...

KEY MOMENT: The Dodgers went in front, 4-3, when Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run home run against left-hander Will Smith in the eighth inning. "He left one up and in," Gonzalez said. The home run was the fifth of the homestand and the 18th this...

On the evening of June 16, baseball fans with the right television subscription were treated to an eerie display of power.
It began at 8:18 p.m. on the East Coast, when Todd Frazier of the Cincinnati Reds hit a home run to center field in the fifth innng...

The Dodgers’ bullpen is incredible! Who knew? After last year’s disastrous finish, it’s morphed into a powerhouse to start the season. Even without its closer, it’s killing it.
Wait, the bullpen is destroying the Dodgers. The next guy they find lock...

Score early and hang on. Not the greatest approach maybe, but over the course of a six-month season, you win games any and every way you can.
So the Dodgers scored a pair of runs in the first and second innings, held on as Carlos Frias flirted with...

For Yasmani Grandal, baseball is all about the small adjustments you make to stay ahead of the league.
As the Dodgers' catcher, he sees it with the batters who parade in front of him almost every day. Working with six different pitchers during a 7-6...

Howie Kendrick said he cherished those moments at the plate with the game on the line. Might be best to take him at his word.
Kendrick, who drove in all three of the Dodgers’ runs in their win Tuesday, was at it again Wednesday.
On a night when Yasiel...

Kenley Jansen said he didn’t even think about it. After that scare in Denver with his blood pressure rising and memories flooding back about his former irregular heartbeat, Jansen said he took to the mound Saturday without it even crossing his mind....

Twenty-four white Dodgers uniforms had been removed from hooks, buttoned up and worn out to the field before Thursday's game, all except for one. The last dangled in front of its locker untouched, prolonging a mystery that had begun the night before.
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Scott Van Slyke was in the middle of everything Monday night.
He might have cost the Dodgers a run. He also prevented the Miami Marlins from scoring one. And after scoring a run in the seventh inning, he hit a three-run home run against Steve Cishek in...

Hi, this is Houston Mitchell, reminding you that if the Dodgers keep winning like they are now, they will finish the season 159-3. That seems unlikely though. And now, on with the show. Seven up The Dodgers have won seven in a row and are 9-3 overall....

AT THE PLATE: Yasiel Puig, who missed the previous three games with a sore left hamstring, returned to the lineup. Puig was two for three with a double, a walk, a run batted in and a run scored. His RBI was significant. With the Dodgers' lead down to...

Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen threw a 15-pitch bullpen session Saturday, the first time he’s delivered a pitch from a mound since he underwent a foot operation two months ago.
"Really good day for me today," Jansen said.
Jansen said he was told...

Clayton Kershaw can't explain why his season has started the way it has. Yasiel Puig can't explain his slow start, either.
Kershaw was knocked around Saturday in a 6-0 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, the last two runs coming on a...

It was the biggest failing of last year’s team and probably the biggest uncertainty of this year’s Dodgers squad.
The bullpen.
To those who witnessed its struggles in the second half and meltdown in the playoffs, it brings a shudder. It received a...

With Kenley Jansen in a walking boot and on the disabled list, Chris Hatcher became the first reliever called on to save a game in his place.
Hatcher did what was asked of him, recording the last three outs of the Dodgers' season-opening, 6-3 victory...

Times reporter Dylan Hernandez sizes up the Dodgers' projected 25-man roster for opening day:
No.; STARTERS; Pos; B/T; Age; Comment
11; Jimmy Rollins; SS; S/R; 36; The former National League MVP remains an above-average defender though the last time his...